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Bodhi McAllister Leonard

The King's School

ERODED BY TIME

Photomedia

My body of work comments on the impermanence of man made structures contrasted by the everlasting powerful ocean.

Marker's Commentary

This Body of Work seeks to explore strategies in how the photo essay of a site can be interpreted by also including related 3D sculptural objects. The images of coastal architecture act as a metaphoric signifier in the process of erosion and rust. The choice of colour enhance the built environment in the pictorial form of ruin and isolation. The varying landscape photographs and detailed images of the corrosion across the structures successfully amplify the conceptual investigation of entropy. This fusion of varying visual references presents an active negotiation between the macro photography and sculptural elements to further heighten the sense of decay in the coastal landmarks. The work offers a multiple richness of interpretation as there are differing viewpoints presented in the images and a visual coherency that encapsulates the presence of time over a coastal place.

three large photographic prints of oceanic landscapes with man-made elements, sixteen small close-up photographs of wood and metal detailing and three individual sculptures of a long lighthouse, rusty collection of houses and isolated house on a wooden block.

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rusty metal model lighthouse standing tall.

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collection of rusty metal lighthouses and fences in a row overlapping.

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small model house with red door on grey plinth.

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small weathered house, board walk with railing, sitting on sea landscape.

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long boardwalk heading out into the water, sunset sky with blues, yellows and pinks.

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red and white lighthouse sitting on rocky cliffe, below crashing waves on rocks and a cloudy sky above.

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eroding paint, rusted colour and pink on a wooden surface.

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natural plank of wood with nail ingrained in the centre.

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white paint on wooden surface, pink paint over the top with splashes of red.

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red paint peeling off rusted wooden panels.

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bright pink painted wooden door with rusted padlock screwed in.

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three wooden planks, white markings eroding natural brown wood.

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close-up of natural surface covered in eroding pink material.

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close-up wooden surface, elements of rust tones ingrained.

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close-up orange rusted lock with bolts on red painted wood surface.

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close-up of rusted bolt and hinge on natural wooden plank.

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close-up of eroded paint stripping off wall.

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close-up of house boards, blue paint wearing off white house.

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rusted red and orange hinge on wooden block.

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close-up rusty bolt, screwed into natural wood.

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red and white paint eroding on wooden surface.

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close-up of four rusty bolts in metal hinge on wooden plank.

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